
Alvaro
hostile policy
I am a Spanish coder working in France on a short project contract basis. I went to register at Hostkey and I was rejected because "my IP has to match your phone number". So, if I want to register, I have to take the train back to Spain or purchase AND keep a contract French number at 20 euros extra a month. Then if I register with the French number and move to Germany, the system will detect that I am at a different address and will ask me to confirm with my phone number because neither my French nor my Spanish number will be accepted, because, of course, you are fraudster. In the EU there are millions of people working or studying in a different country than their own and because there are zero roaming costs., it makes ZERO sense to get a new telephone number for every country you are in. If you are a businessman and travel across Europe, according to hostkey you must have as many phone numbers as countries you happen to be in.
If you have checked in in a hotel and want to advance your web work and want to get on registering a server, you will be bounced as a fraudster because you are not in the same country where your phone number is.
I was insulted in my intelligence at their saying "we need to see that your phone number matches your IP or else you are a fraudster. This is the most obnoxious, insulting, hostile policy I have ever come across.
On top of that, in France and in many countries, Estonia, Latvia you can get a prepaid anonymous telephone card and you would be able tor register even being a fraudster, but if you have a registered phone number with your company where they have your ID and credit card account, you will not be able to register at Hostkey if you don't happen to be at the moment in the same country where your phone is from.
The individual at the chat said "we need to see that your phone matches your IP or else you are a fraudster". I was not taking that insult and I left, calling them the names I honestly feel they deserve.
Services Period: Past customer during November, 2024 - November, 2024